The selection of Guatemaladirected by the Mexican coach Luis Fernando Tenawill play a friendly match against the World Cup player Czech Republic next Thursday, June 4, at 6:00 p.m., at the Sports Illustrated Stadium, a multipurpose venue with capacity for 25,000 spectators located in Harrison, New Jersey.
The national team arrives at this friendly match after several months for the forgot. This is because, after being left out of the 2026 World Cup in November 2025, Guatemala has played two games so far this year and lost both: 1-0 against Canadaon Saturday, January 17, and 7-0 against Algeriaon Friday, March 21.
For its part, the Czech Republic arrives after stringing together five victories consecutive before San Marino, Gibraltar, Ireland, Denmark and Kosovo. Furthermore, he is already preparing for the World Cupin which it will integrate the Group A along with South Korea, South Africa and Mexicoone of the host countries of the tournament along with the United States and Canada.
Against this background, the friendly match between Guatemala and the Czech Republic, in the city of Harrison, New Jersey, arouses great interest among fans of the Bicolormainly because the Blue and White rarely faces European teams or countries affiliated with the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA).
The latest results of the Bicolor against UEFA rivals
Iceland 1-0 Guatemala – January 13, 2024
The first game of 2024 for the team led by Luis Fernando Tena It was played on Saturday, January 13 at the Chase Stadiumin Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Therefore, at the Inter Miami stadium of Major League Soccer (MLS), the Blue and White faced Icelanda team characterized then by its tactical discipline.
Although the Guatemalan team completed a first half outstandingwith good football and passages in which they subdued Iceland in their own area, failed to reflect that domain on the scoreboard. In front of this scenario, ten minutes from the end, the Icelandic striker Isak Thorvaldsson noted the only goal of the match to achieve victory.
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Israel 7-0 Guatemala – November 15, 2018
Although Israel is a sovereign state of Asia Western, its national team competes in the UEFA from 1994so the FIFA considers it a European rival. Given this situation, Guatemala faced the Israeli team on November 15, 2018 at Tel Avichail Stadium, located in Netanya, a city on the Sharon Plain.
In that match, Bicolor fell 7-0 and suffered one of the worst defeats. bulging of its history at an international level. The result showed the aftermath of the suspension imposed on the National Soccer Federation between September 2016 and August 2018period in which the selection remained inactive in official competitions.
Armenia 7-1 Guatemala – May 28, 2016
A decade ago, Guatemala suffered a 7-1 defeat against Armenia in a friendly match at the StubHub Center in Los Angeles. On that occasion, Paulo César Mottathen Municipal’s goalkeeper, was one of the most questioned players after the game due to the number of goals conceded and several errors during the match.
The Guatemalan team opened the scoring in the 7th minute with a free kick taken by Carlos “The Fish” Ruiz. However, the Armenian team reacted forcefully and the midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan, then a player for Borussia Dortmund in Germany, was the star of the match by scoring three goals in 30 minutes.
